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urn:uuid:f8941c4a-0178-4db5-b910-b5ad1c0b8296 03 01 01 urn:uuid:f8941c4a-0178-4db5-b910-b5ad1c0b8296 15 9781800643345 06 10.11647/OBP.0277 00 EB E107 10 Creative Commons License 02 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ 01 01 The Voice of the Century The Culture of Italian Bel Canto in Luisa Tetrazzini’s Recorded Interpretations 1 A01 21 0000-0001-6884-4697 Massimo Zicari 01 eng 00 232 03 12 AVX 20 bel canto 04 MT845 10 MUS051000 B2 Music 12 AVA 20 Luisa Tetrazzini 10 MUS007000 12 AVGC5 20 Italian operatic tradition 10 MUS041000 12 1DST 20 Rossini 20 Donizetti 20 Bellini 20 Verdi 03 00 <p>The fields of performance studies, empirical musicology, and the musicology of recordings have seen a tremendous development in recent years, shedding new light on the recent history of our performing tradition and conveying essential information to music practitioners, critics and audiences.</p><p>This innovative work considers the notion of bel canto and the manner in which this vibrant tradition lives in the records of Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940), one of the most celebrated sopranos ever. Tetrazzini, whose discographic career includes about 120 recordings, belongs to that generation of inspirational performers who heralded the dawn of a new era of music appreciation, alongside such iconic figures as Enrico Caruso, Adelina Patti and Nellie Melba.</p><p>Drawing on a vast body of scholarship and a number of contemporary reviews, Massimo Zicari establishes Tetrazzini’s role in the Italian operatic tradition and its much disputed set of performing conventions. His transcriptions of her recorded interpretations from Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini and Verdi will prove invaluable to singers and conductors interested in a tradition that goes back to legendary figures such as Jenny Lind and Maria Malibran. The author also discusses her voice quality and technique, tempo flexibility, her use of vibrato and portamento—features of musical performance that question several widely-held, normative views about aesthetics and interpretative tradition.</p><p>The volume includes eighty-eight musical examples and its closing section consists of the vocal scores of thirteen operatic arias. The musical material (both examples and transcriptions) is entirely original. This unique approach seeks to combine an academic perspective with the making of the music, in the hope that the plea for originality may be enhanced by models from the past.</p> 04 00 Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Massimo Zicari 1. The Voice of the Century: Luisa Tetrazzini and Her Discographic Legacy Massimo Zicari 2. The Rossinian Repertoire Massimo Zicari 3. Donizetti’s Operas Massimo Zicari 4. Bellini and the New Declamatory Style Massimo Zicari 5. Verdi’s Style: The End of Bel Canto? Massimo Zicari Conclusions Massimo Zicari Transcriptions Massimo Zicari List of Illustrations Select Bibliography Index 20 00 Open Access Open Book Publishers 01 Open Book Publishers Cambridge, UK 04 01 20220429 13 15 9781800643338 09 Open Book Publishers 02 Publisher's website: web shop https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0277 99 01 09 Open Book Publishers 29 Publisher's website: download the title https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0277.pdf 99 01